Hello, I just tested my very first Arduplane and found a strange behaviour when switching from manual to stabilize. When I switch from manual to stabilize and then move the plane, it does not do anything. It seems that it stays in manual mode, but in the mission planner I can see, that it has switched to stabilize.
When I switch further to Loiter or RTL, and then switch back to stabilize, it works as expected. So, if I switch from manual to stabilize, it is shown as stabilizie in the MP, but it doesn't do anything stabilizing. When I switch from any other mode to stabilize, it works.
What could this be?
I use APM1 and Ardupilot 2.66
My flightmodes are:
FM1: FBWB
FM2: Auto
FM3: RTL
FM4: Loiter
FM5: Stabilize:
FM6: Manual
My FM Channel is reversed, so that it starts in FM6 and ends in FM4 when switching a 3 way switch. The other modes are switched by 3 other switches using mixing.
Any ideas about that?
Kind regards
Helmut
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Just did a little test. Reversed channel again and arranged the flightmodes in oposit order.
FM1: Manual
FM2: stabilize
FM3: Loiter
FM4: RTL
FM5: Auot
FM6: manual for it is fixed to that.
So I can switch the flightmodes in the same way as before. Just loose 1 FM, for I cannot change FM6.
Now it works well. When switching from Manual to Stabilize, it works as expected.
Very strange.